Study finds wearing Santa hats really is ‘fun’

An expensive study into the effects of seasonal hattage has revealed that people who wear Santa caps are 58% more likely to be ‘fun-loving’, ‘whacky’ or ‘a bit mad’.

Despite the red and white headwear being widely available to any moron with a fiver, the research showed that only the ‘zaniest’ and ‘most bonkers’ were actually brave enough to put one on. “Our findings show that using a ‘funny’ hat in this way can make the wearer really believe they’re a comedian”, explained Dr. Howard. “We’re not sure if it’s a placebo effect, or genuine comic relief.”

Dr. Howard warned would-be wearers that there are some downsides, however. “There’s some evidence that the effect only works on the person under the hat. Most observers will just think you’re a bell-end.”

Poundland's ace. The toys especially. On a visit a few months ago I came across some plastic action figures with swords and shields and such. The range was, rather unambitiously, called ‘All Kinds Of Knights’.

They could have called it anything; ‘Super Knights’, but, no. All they saw fit to highlight was the fact that there were ‘all kinds’ of them. To be fair, there were. Even ones that were ostensibly meant to be the same kind of knight were quite distinguishable from one another due to the slapdash and highly irregular paint-jobs.